"Father said that the Queen Mother did not have the courage to go against you, so why did she help the young emperor... remove the spy we placed around the young emperor?" Liu Tao, the son of Prime Minister Liu Xun, immediately asked his father in surprise. road.
"Ha...didn't you already say that before I became a father? Your aunt just took the opportunity to test my attitude as a nephew!" Prime Minister Liu Xun said lightly, "Just so, those few chamberlains Greed gave your aunt an excuse to attack!"
"Are those chamberlains really out of greed?" Liu Tao asked his father Liu Xun hesitantly, "You know, they are all the chamberlains I carefully selected and are absolutely loyal to my Liu family. It stands to reason that Say, they can’t just let others get close to that little emperor just because of a little money!”
Regarding his son Liu Tao's doubts, Prime Minister Liu Xun seemed very indifferent: "There is no person in this world who is not greedy. It's just that they are greedy for different things - some people are greedy for money, some are greedy for sex, and some are greedy for sex. People are greedy for fame... As for the chamberlains, those eggless things, they can't be greedy for sex, they are greedy for fame, and they don't have scholars to help them build momentum. Besides greed for money, what else can they be greedy for? As for the absolute loyalty you mentioned... it's just... Because the price of betrayal is not enough, if the price is enough, these most unscrupulous things will definitely be the first to fall, without even hesitating!"
"Father, you also said that there was no betrayal because the price was not raised enough... But at this stage, who in the world does not know about the power that my Liu family holds? Those servants who were carefully selected by me , betrayed him just for a mere amount of money? Isn't this a bit unjustifiable?" Liu Tao asked his father's opinion very carefully.
"There is nothing justifiable or unjustifiable about this. Being greedy for money and not betraying are not contradictory in themselves!" Prime Minister Liu Xun chuckled and reminded his son, "Perhaps, they are indeed still loyal to my Liu family, but within the scope of their authority, It is true that they took bribes to provide convenience to the little eunuch... They can read lips, so they don't need to worry about missing the conversation between the little eunuch and the little emperor. The real reason why they must die is because they were raped by your The Queen Mother's aunt caught the clue, and your Queen Mother's aunt happened to be in urgent need of verifying her father's attitude towards her. Therefore, these chamberlains became the victims of your Queen Mother's aunt's verification of her father's attitude. All I can say is, These chamberlains are not very lucky!"
"Then... those chamberlains lip-read the conversation between the young emperor and the surrendered eunuch. Should we send someone to inquire?" Liu Tao lowered his head and asked his father for advice.
"Then what is there to ask?" Prime Minister Liu Xun said noncommittally, "The little emperor went directly to your aunt the Queen Mother to apologize. Do you think that if the little emperor really said something to the little eunuch? If it was inappropriate, would he dare to go to your aunt the Queen Mother to apologize so openly? Now if you send someone to ask about the situation of those chamberlains, not only will you not be able to get any useful information, but you may even ask your aunt the Queen Mother. Suspicious, thinking that we no longer trust her... At this time, your aunt the Queen Mother should be the most sensitive. Any inappropriate behavior may be infinitely magnified from her perspective. At this time, we It’s better not to irritate her, anyway, it’s just the lives of a few chamberlains that are at stake!”
After a slight pause, Prime Minister Liu Xun glanced at his son Liu Tao beside him with some dissatisfaction and said: "You are so indecisive about the lives of several servants. You know, if you keep cutting off, you will be messed up. Like you." With such a temperament, how can I safely leave this huge world in your hands in the future?"
"Yes! Yes! Yes! That's what my father taught me!" Prime Minister Liu Xun's son Liu Tao immediately nodded and said.
After a slight hesitation, Liu Tao asked his father Liu Xun again: "Father, the Queen Mother helped the young emperor get rid of the servants we placed beside him. We need to arrange another servant to be beside the little emperor. go?"
"Didn't I say it before? At this stage, your aunt the Queen Mother is the most suspicious and ill, and at the same time the most insecure. At this time, your aunt the Queen Mother has just helped the little emperor clear out the people around him. Eyeliner, we immediately arranged for someone to be with the little emperor. What do you want your aunt to think? Maybe she will think that we no longer trust her. If she overreacts because of this, , relying on her status as the Queen Mother, she will definitely cause us big trouble. Instead of doing this, it is better to go along with her wishes and appease her heart... When the dynasty changes, how to treat your aunt the Queen Mother is not ours. Just one sentence?"
"Then... the little emperor will no longer have people around him to monitor him?" Liu Tao asked reluctantly.
"The little emperor has already expressed his sincerity to us. He can even betray those who surrender to him without hesitation. After this, who will dare to surrender again in the future? What about him? Since he is so well-informed, why can't we give him some rewards for being well-informed? Otherwise, if he becomes rebellious, he will be in trouble!" The smile on Prime Minister Liu Xun's face became more and more obvious. His voice became more profound, "What's more, not only the internal servants can monitor the young emperor, but the commander of the guard who is responsible for guarding outside Weiyang Palace is also a very suitable candidate, isn't it?"
"But...didn't he also allow the eunuch who surrendered to the young emperor to enter the Weiyang Palace?" Liu Tao, who had a bad impression of the guard commander, immediately raised his own doubts.
"So, you need to give it a good beating!" Prime Minister Liu Xun said noncommittally.
"Yes, my son understands!" Liu Tao immediately responded with his hands in hand.
"Tao'er, why do I feel that you seem to care a little bit about that little emperor?" Prime Minister Liu Xun suddenly asked, "Is it because of your sister?"
After Liu Tao hesitated for a while, he immediately lowered his head and replied honestly: "Reporting to my father, this is indeed the case - before, the Queen Mother held a flower viewing party in the palace and specifically asked her father to let her sister go. , it’s so obvious!”
